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1 hour ago, Milos Gazdic said:
Hello CorsairF4U
Very interesting photo!
It is such a pity that it's in the backlight & cannot be investigated more precisely. Do you know if the color of the overspray was dark blue or black?
Do you know what #10 in the foreground has under the windshield?
Except -5Ns that few were black, do you know if there any -2s that were completely painted in black?I believe it to be late war dark blue, I believe the photo is very late 1944 or 1945. There have been discussions for both colors but Blue majes more sense. It was widely available and already being used on later marks like the -1C, -1D, & -4. I’m also trying to find a photo of the TBF-3D Avengers that were in a similar scheme. They were used for night harassment/attack duties. If I do I find one I will post it.
As for a completely painted -2 night-fighter in all black. No I've never heard nor seen any evidence. The All black -5’s I believe all belonged to one unit in Korea VMF(N)-513.
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1 hour ago, Tokyo Raider said:
I have never seen that scheme... mistake?
Check out the 9th photo in the 1st link.
https://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2013/06/f4u-2-antennas-and-other-stuff.html?m=1
Same photo from Vought
https://www.vought.org/products/html/f4u-2.html
You can see the dark paint sprayed over the intermediate blue. The non-spec white is still on the lower fuselage as you can see the landing gear door/dive brakes.
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3 minutes ago, Ed Russell said:
I think that the Aviation History article (post 2) and the Arma article are as good as you are going to get. It's enough detail to build 02 a Yak-1 and 23 a Yak-1b.
I took screen shot’s of both to read and study in the future.
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Hello everyone … As this theater gets little attention compared to NWE or the Southwest Pacific. I think we could wrangle enough interest in a group build. Dates would start on December 8th 1941 and go to September 2nd 1945. It could be anything that was operating in or on the sub-continent of India, Indochina, or China. The Naval area of operations would be anything from the eastern edge of 1940 India (Pakistan). Through to the south china sea. Western edges of Philippines and Borneo. I will say the western coast of Australia is the south eastern border of the Indian ocean. Madagascar would be the western edge, and Antarctica will be the extreme south edge.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South-East_Asian_theatre_of_World_War_IIhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Burma_India_theater
If anyone is interested in this please say so.
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8 minutes ago, 72modeler said:
Yeah thats the one… Now I need to have decals made.
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On 4/19/2024 at 3:47 PM, joeBo said:
I need a little help researching this topic for a 1942 group build. Is there anyone who is an expert or knowledgeable in WWII Russian fighter pilots who can point me in the right direction to find info on-
Lydia Litvyak the white lily of Stalingrad. first female pilot in history to shoot down an enemy plane and one of only two female aces.
Lydia_Vladimirovna_Litvyak by joe bombace, on Flickr
i have found some info on wikipedia about her and from the chart below you can see the aircraft she flew. I am looking for the yak 1 she flew in 1942- white 02. i have found plenty of images/drawings of the other planes listed but interestingly not anything on #02 which is the plane she was in for her first victory. i been searching the internet but maybe someone else here knows some other sites i don't.
some info i need is
camo pattern of her aircraft and is the camo hard line or soft
if it had a radio installed. many pilots removed the to save weight
armament- again many pilots removed the machine guns and possibly one cannon to save weight.
did she have a white lily painted on the side of her craft? for white 02 i think not since she had not gotten this moniker yet
20240416_180306[1] by joe bombace, on Flickr
so far i found one picture that possibly could have been her's but the picture is not definitely identified as her plane and it is a white 2 not 02. would russian aircraft bother to include the 0 with the single digit number?, don't know If anyone could help i would appreciate it. In the mean time I will continue searching
Thanks- Joe
yak-1-white 2 by joe bombace, on Flickr
I’ve read a little about her and wouldn't mind building her aircraft(s) someday. Provided I can get some detailed info on types/numbers.
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after a pull over
(Not sure what it’s called in the UK or other locations. But driving under the influence field test’s here requires walking along painted straight street line’s).
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Thank you for joining us here and building the Mig. You’ll need to build the counterpart F-86 in that stgb. 😉
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@72modeler Mike … I struck gold today. I found the B-17, turns out I was wrong it was a “G” model. It’s a plane that was photographed in a boneyard after the war. The plane is called “Duke ☠️Spook”. As I dont have rights I leave it as a Link.
https://i.imgur.com/cjPqPBr.jpg
B-17 43-38972 / Lucie aka
Duke Spook
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8 minutes ago, psdavidson said:
try the blue-pill cocktail
time is here Gentlemen
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Sad … whoever is building this did some great work on the plane. Sadly way overdone on the weathering of the prop, spinner, and tires though.
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Interesting … it looks like a German attempt at a Typhoon/Tempest.
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I hope all of you have a safe ANZAC Day, and that it is one of purpose, remembrance, and thoughtfulness.
Dennis
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8 hours ago, Work In Progress said:
Correct
Thanks for confirmation.
3 hours ago, 72modeler said:Dennis,
I seem to recall seeing a photo of your B-17; IIRC, it had the nsme "The Spook" along with a caricature of a Skull wearing a top hat, and I think holding a cane and white gloves, but for the life of me, I don't remember in what book I saw it. I found some data on what might be the same B-17F; the codes were ET-J., serial was 42-29704. Here is what I have found so far; in the photo with the crew, you can see the name and I think behind it and covered by the prop hub, is the nose art. Best I can do right now, but maybe this info will jog somebody's memory. I will dig into my B-17 reference books to see what I can find, Is this a great hobby, or what?
Mike
Delivered Cheyenne 6/2/43; Rapid City 20/2/43; Kearney 12/3/43; Assigned 336BS/95BG [ET-J] Alconbury 29/3/43; Framlingham 12/5/43; 2m, battle damaged ...
https://95thbgdb.com/aircraft/29
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205360906
Evidently there were several B-17's with the same name! (I am really confused, now!)
Hello Mike sadly way too many shared nose-art/names. I believe this is why its nigh impossible too find my specific aircraft. I remember or think I remember that I was searching B-17F nose gun variations when I originally found the photos. Sadly before posting here I tried every conceivable variation of “B-17 nose gun modifications” I could and no luck to date.
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Wow that looks great, you should be happy. I really do like the colors you used.
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Well heck the decals alone for the Illinois ANG bird might make me buy this one.
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… the weathering on the chassis is excellent.
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Im very impressed by the attention to detail, especially when it comes to shaping the contour’s of the aircraft.
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Sorry to hear of the decal issue’s, though I think the Swedish AF option is actually a good call. It shows the varied use of a rare aircraft.
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4 hours ago, John Masters said:
and I have added what I think are part of some sort of air filter/radiator/carburator unit that I saw on another build...Here's a picture of that build, not by me and I fished the image from the Interweb...
It's obviously a kit piece that did not come with my rendition of the K-5.
Being in Russia I wonder if that is a heat exchanger for the oil ? Possibly a cockpit heater ? Fluid circulates around the engines hot oil and then enters a cabin radiator for heating. Reminds me of my school buses, they had a similar feature on the floor boards. The liquid was heated by the engine/radiator and would flow along the outer edges of the floor boards. Always had to reach down just to warm my hands up.
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Welcome along with two aircraft that definitely qualify and definitely deserve to be built.
S.E.A.C./C.B.I group build
in Groupbuild Proposals 2025
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Welcome both to the build.